Thread below the Gardening Thread: April 1, 2017 [KT]

Serving your mid-day open thread needs

Art today: Man self-identifies as a hen. And there's other trans news.

"Gender is basically a fashion choice". Except in cases of actual mental disorders. Can anything good come of this kind of stuff? Maybe a little in-fighting? Can't come too soon. Articulate rebel below the fold.

Hope you have a great day. It's April Fools Day, you know.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:15 AM

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1 I suspect that "hen" buisness is AFD stuff.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 11:11 AM (mpXpK)

2 Morning Just had my coffee.

Posted by: blaster at April 01, 2017 11:11 AM (HV1LS)

3 Time for a driving lesson with the 15 year old.

Posted by: blaster at April 01, 2017 11:12 AM (HV1LS)

4 *balk* *balk* *balk*

Posted by: April the Hen at April 01, 2017 11:13 AM (Tyii7)

5 Blaster - I'll stay off the sidewalk.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2017 11:13 AM (tr2D7)

6 I was just trying to make a henmanbaby.

Posted by: Andrew Mendoza at April 01, 2017 11:13 AM (8nWyX)

7 *balk* *balk* *balk*

Posted by: April the Hen

Bork Bork Bork

April the Swedish Hen

Posted by: Bruce at April 01, 2017 11:14 AM (8ikIW)

8 This news puts me in a foul mood.

Posted by: April the Hen at April 01, 2017 11:15 AM (Tyii7)

9 ...er...fowl. *sigh*

Posted by: April the Hen at April 01, 2017 11:15 AM (Tyii7)

10 Hen man:
I suspect his penis is probably paltry, too.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 01, 2017 11:16 AM (ZFUt7)

11 "Sounds like Mexican subways are dealing with sexual harassment by sexually harassing men."

Pfft. Amateurs.

(Won't let me paste kanji...)

Posted by: A Japanese Salaryman at April 01, 2017 11:17 AM (w+Jhj)

12 Is he laying eggs yet? If not time to throw him in the pot.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2017 11:17 AM (GPaiX)

13 I wonder how hard it is to maintain that "I bathed this week and I dressed in the back of a car just before speaking to you" look?

I mean, that must be a good couple of hours each day.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2017 11:17 AM (0hI48)

14 "Time for a driving lesson with the 15 year old.

Posted by: blaster"

Look for a nice big empty parking lot.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 01, 2017 11:18 AM (w+Jhj)

15 I was forced to drop another Fauxbook friend last night. With this one I'm down to two buddies that I believe vote D. I could no longer stand the name-calling, ignorant posturing from them, and absolute refusal to consider an position other than their own.

Unsurprisingly - most of the guys and gals I've dropped have been granted advanced degrees in the humanities.

Sad but I don't want the drama or annoyance.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2017 11:19 AM (tr2D7)

16 Look for a nice big empty parking lot.
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at April 01, 2017 11:18 AM (w+Jhj)

And boxes. Lots of empty boxes. They are easier on the car than running over curbs and traffic cones.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2017 11:20 AM (0hI48)

17 McCain is 1st guest on the axe files,

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 11:20 AM (7dpmG)

18 Not AFD.

"Hillary Clinton may have resigned her secretary role at the State
Department in 2013 - but her access to top secret and classified
information didn't end then.

Under Barack Obama, she was allowed to continue to view highly
sensitive intel documents for years - well past her announced run for
the presidency in April 2015, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
Why? Toward what possible end?
http://tinyurl.com/mh6ecjl

Just think how useful it would be for a campaign to have access to "incidental" intel collected from all possible political opponents.

Posted by: geoffb5 at April 01, 2017 11:22 AM (d3wbb)

19 You have nothing to fear from the scimitar, my friendsh!

Posted by: Senor Juan McCain at April 01, 2017 11:22 AM (Tyii7)

20 Today is the first day in what seems like months that the sun is out so won't be sticking around - hope everyone has a blessed day and don't fall for any april fools day foolishness!

Posted by: Boots at April 01, 2017 11:24 AM (EBwPV)

21 Big scoop

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 11:24 AM (7dpmG)

22 ICYMI two freebies on my blog today

Link in nic

Posted by: @votermom's phone at April 01, 2017 11:25 AM (4XFNL)

23 Maybe it's time to check on April the giraffe.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:26 AM (xVuS6)

24 Feeling the Bern

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 11:27 AM (7dpmG)

25 Is there any way we can get Dr. Peterson in as Secretary of Education?

What a succinct appraisal of the state of education, all in just 15 minutes.

Should be mandated viewing by all educators, and students.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:30 AM (NBHj5)

26 Asian airline ads are Roger Moore Bond films

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 11:32 AM (7dpmG)

27 Today is the first day in what seems like months that the sun is out so won't be sticking around - hope everyone has a blessed day and don't fall for any april fools day foolishness!
Posted by: Boots
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*detects faint strains of Richie Havens*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:32 AM (NBHj5)

28 courage, blaster! also have a plan to deal with the nerves of both of you while practicing.

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:33 AM (4lrrm)

29 *detects faint strains of Richie Havens*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:32 AM (NBHj5)

Fantastic version!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2017 11:33 AM (rF0hx)

30 *detects faint strains of Richie Havens*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:32 AM (NBHj5)

Fantastic version!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Sadly, I suppose, the last time I heard of him he was doing Burger King commercials. Probably pays well, but...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:35 AM (NBHj5)

31 TonyPete, it's sad that leftists feel the need to make themselves odious. They are driving all the decent people out of their lives.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:35 AM (xVuS6)

32 It's April Fools Day, you know.

I'm not falling for that.

Posted by: rickl at April 01, 2017 11:35 AM (sdi6R)

33 It's April Fools Day, you know.

I'm working a software go-live this morning. I was tempted to blast out an Oh Shit! memo, because, but I thought better of it.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 01, 2017 11:37 AM (LTHVh)

34 Tony prior to Obama my previous dem friends were capable of having discussions, well at least I was capable of nodding my head and smiling complacently, after Obama they just went wack. I realized I was doing that childish roll of the eyes and then thought , nah, I just can't cope with their wacked whole hearted embrace of everything they would have been previously disgusted with .

so I don't even do barbeques anylonger. just can't look at them in the same way.

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:37 AM (4lrrm)

35 23 Maybe it's time to check on April the giraffe.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:26 AM (xVuS6)

It would be hilarious if she has her baby, or kitten, or giraffeling, or whatever they're called, today.

Posted by: rickl at April 01, 2017 11:38 AM (sdi6R)

36 #TwoWeeks

Posted by: April Jr. at April 01, 2017 11:38 AM (Tyii7)

37 after Obama they just went wack

In fairness, trying to defend the stammering clusterfuck of a miserable failure would drive anyone mad. There is literally nothing he did in eight years that they can point to as a success.

How would you like to be a homer for that team?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 01, 2017 11:39 AM (LTHVh)

38 I self-identify as a creepy pervert. Respect my identity.

And an important part of that respect is, don't bring charges against me for sending dirty messages to a 15 year old. It is not a crime, it is the way of my people.

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at April 01, 2017 11:40 AM (t5m5e)

39 Today is the first day in what seems like months
that the sun is out so won't be sticking around - hope everyone has a
blessed day and don't fall for any april fools day foolishness!

Posted by: Boots

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*detects faint strains of Richie Havens*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:32 AM (NBHj5)
=======================

You like the Ritchie Havens version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBbXKsKXyNU

I like the George Harrison version better. Here he is playing it with backup from Peter Ham of Badfinger, in the Concert for Bangladesh. Acoustic version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNS_SUmCJm4

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 11:40 AM (lwiT4)

40 Carried over from the other thread because it's apparently still topical:

Blast From The Past - a limerick

My dad had an interesting notion
'Bout a volatile hen feeding potion
Then sadly one night
All the fumes did ignite
Guess that's how you put poultry in motion

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 11:40 AM (wPiJc)

41 Probably pays well, but...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:35 AM (NBHj5)

I think he died a few years ago.....

Too bad. I loved his music.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2017 11:40 AM (rF0hx)

42 Willow, I worry that if all the sane people cut ties with all the insane people, then the insane people will get even more insane. They won't have the steadying influence of normal people in their lives.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:41 AM (xVuS6)

43 Morning all.
Congrats to Seattle and surrounding area. A new two month record for rainfall.
I have moss growing on my moss.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2017 11:42 AM (0tfLf)

44 Geez some people...

Posted by: the chicken at April 01, 2017 11:42 AM (BO/km)

45 Look on the bright side: these are halcyon years for the mentally ill.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 11:42 AM (SRKgf)

46 I think the vintage record store in town has a vinyl recording of the Concert for Bangladesh. We usually go there on Saturday afternoons. We're currently in the "D" section, but I could go back to the C's and take a look.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 11:42 AM (lwiT4)

47 >>"Hillary Clinton may have resigned her secretary role at the State

Department in 2013 - but her access to top secret and classified

information didn't end then.

Under Barack Obama, she was allowed to continue to view highly

sensitive intel documents for years - well past her announced run for

the presidency in April 2015, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

Why? Toward what possible end?
http://tinyurl.com/mh6ecjl

Just
think how useful it would be for a campaign to have access to
"incidental" intel collected from all possible political opponents.

Posted by: geoffb5
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And who believes she poured over these documents herself. Highly likely multiple flunkies were allowed to see all of this sensitive material as well.

Posted by: Aviator at April 01, 2017 11:43 AM (/Nite)

48 Grump, they seemed to enjoy backing the garbage . They would deny an economy issue when half of them became unemployed or blame boosh, they would do crazy stuff like accuse others of watching Faux News!

anyway it became so bizzare , I decided life was already a difficult process without adding Them to it.

so gone.

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:43 AM (4lrrm)

49 Rickl, also hilarious that claims that today could be the big day turn out to be an April Fools joke.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:44 AM (xVuS6)

50 in this day and age of TMI, when every detail is instantly released, for better or worse, and everything is caught on someone's cell phone (vertical format) video, it seems very odd how little we know about the overpass collapse in Atlanta. three people have been arrested, but almost no other details.

He would not discuss how the fire was started or why...
...haven't determined the cause...
...even noncombustible materials can still burn...

A man who was watching as a section of Interstate 85 in Atlanta collapsed said he heard several explosions under the bridge and then a slow rumbling as the structure collapsed.

"It was a loud, muted rumble. It was a big sound. You could feel the vibrations"

...lingering hotspots...

will we find traces of thermite?

Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at April 01, 2017 11:45 AM (TixTl)

51 Muldoon is bringing it.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:45 AM (xVuS6)

52
Sad but I don't want the drama or annoyance.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2017 11:19 AM (tr2D7)

My friends who are FBers report the same types of actions. The loonies are self-selecting, it seems. One example is a woman who used to be fairly reasonable is losing longtime friends and follows. Her leftard buddies are experiencing the same drop off.

I wonder what is happening to these people in real life? The ones I'm referring to are not the antifa types who go out and protest, they're 40something women who are SJWarrioring from the safety of their suburban cul=de=sacs.

Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 11:46 AM (kD8Fh)

53 Emmie, heck I believed they would settle down and come to their senses and realize friendships were much larger than a termed presidency. but no.
I can only take so much abuse lol.

and as I said They would insist on the discussions while many of us were just attempting enjoying our mental vacation time.

so when they insist on themselves and their po.litics at what should be known as a 'mixed group'

what then?

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:46 AM (4lrrm)

54 What do law enforcement officers and hospitals use on their forms for rapes and rape victims? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess those are the two sexes.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 11:46 AM (/f1mm)

55 And who believes she poured over these documents herself. Highly likely multiple flunkies were allowed to see all of this sensitive material as well.
Posted by: Aviator at April 01, 2017 11:43 AM (/Nite)

Six of her clunkier also retained TS access. And probably "above" TS, as well.

Posted by: Fox2! at April 01, 2017 11:46 AM (brIR5)

56 49 Rickl, also hilarious that claims that today could be the big day turn out to be an April Fools joke.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:44 AM (xVuS6)

If she has it today, nobody will believe it!

Posted by: rickl at April 01, 2017 11:47 AM (sdi6R)

57 Hey grammie, if you have FS1 they are going to do a 1 hour preview of the 2017 BB season today, followed by a 2 hour recap of the 2016 WS. The first starts at 2:30 eastern.

Posted by: HH at April 01, 2017 11:47 AM (DrCtv)

58 Clunkies = Flunkies

Posted by: Fox2! at April 01, 2017 11:47 AM (brIR5)

59 Giraffe's transpecies alien baby abducted by Russians and taken to secret base under Virginia. Film at 11.

Posted by: The April Fool at April 01, 2017 11:47 AM (BO/km)

60 Willow, I worry that if all the sane people cut ties with all the insane people, then the insane people will get even more insane. They won't have the steadying influence of normal people in their lives.
Posted by: Emmie
-------------

I'm afraid that it is too late. The Long March through the institutions has succeeded. The epidemic is beyond control.

That doesn't mean that I'm giving up, on the contrary, I intend to make life as difficult as possible for the Left/Liberal/Progressives, but I'm afraid that it is a rear-guard action.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:47 AM (ZO497)

61 My son played a horrible April Fool's joke on me. He and his fiance are getting married this summer. He told me that she got offered a job at Florida State and decided to take it. That he has no job lined up there, and that she would lose all her vacation days. So they would have to fly into Wisconsin, do the wedding, and fly back to Florida. Meaning they would have to cancel their honeymoon. Which I paid for. I asked him when she has to start. He said April 1st. April 1st.

I'm still dealing with residual bitterness.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 11:47 AM (lwiT4)

62 >>Clunkies = Flunkies

Posted by: Fox2!

Probably works either way when you are talking about Hillary's people.

Posted by: Aviator at April 01, 2017 11:48 AM (/Nite)

63 Hey grammie, if you have FS1 they are going to do a 1
hour preview of the 2017 BB season today, followed by a 2 hour recap of
the 2016 WS. The first starts at 2:30 eastern.

Posted by: HH at April 01, 2017 11:47 AM (DrCtv)
====================

Wut?!?!?! I get that channel!! YESSSS! Thank you !!!

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 11:48 AM (lwiT4)

64 Clunkies = Flunkies
Posted by: Fox2!
------------

Either way, but, what were they pouring?

;-)

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:49 AM (ZO497)

65 A poor country bumpkin named Meggs
Thought he had real chicken legs
His family neglected
To have this corrected
It turns out they needed the eggs.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 11:49 AM (wPiJc)

66 Bach's chromatic fantasia and fugue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFn_zVOlDAo

The fugue is pure evil, which is odd considering Bach was a devout Lutheran. You will need zoloft and alcohol after hearing it.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 01, 2017 11:49 AM (vRcUp)

67 Per the video, it does seem as though the leftists are warming up to do their Robespierre impression. It's the inevitable end game of leftist politics: when you're entire world view depends on denouncing things, eventually you're to run out of things to denounce, unless you turn on each other.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 11:49 AM (SRKgf)

68 Man self-identifies as a hen.

What's the matter, Colonel Sanders?

CHICKEN????

Posted by: Dark Helmet at April 01, 2017 11:49 AM (oVJmc)

69 And who believes she poured over these documents herself. Highly likely multiple flunkies were allowed to see all of this sensitive material as well.

Which would get anyone on the right an automatic 5 to 10 years.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2017 11:49 AM (TUUTu)

70 grammie, that was so wrong. you must think of something to even the april fools day score.

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:50 AM (4lrrm)

71 I'm still dealing with residual bitterness.
Posted by: grammie winger

Oh snap!
Payback time grammie!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2017 11:51 AM (TUUTu)

72 will we find traces of thermite?
Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup
-----------

That was my very first thought when it began.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 11:51 AM (ZO497)

73
Under Barack Obama, she was allowed to continue to view highly

sensitive intel documents for years

-

There's a difference between "allowed" and "legal," right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 11:51 AM (/f1mm)

74 Unless you can drop a fucking egg and therefore prove yourself to be an asset-producing hen, you're going on the pot, stat.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 01, 2017 11:51 AM (XpMSh)

75 Years and years ago had a bad April fools experience, night before was playing with then wifes car keys and hung them on dining room light. Next day after went to work she looked all over but couldn't find them so called her day to take her to work. He walked in and saw them right away.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2017 11:52 AM (GPaiX)

76 >>Six of her clunkier also retained TS access. And probably "above" TS, as well.

Posted by: Fox2!

I don't believe for a moment that her people who had legal access would hesitate for a second to share that information with anyone they cared to.

Posted by: Aviator at April 01, 2017 11:52 AM (/Nite)

77 'Unless you can drop a fucking egg and therefore prove yourself to be an asset-producing hen, you're going on the pot, '

I only lay the finest brown eggs.

Posted by: Chicken Man at April 01, 2017 11:52 AM (BO/km)

78 grammie, that was so wrong. you must think of something to even the april fools day score.

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:50 AM (4lrrm)
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The thing is, for years I have been playing horrible April Fools jokes on him. Like, one deployment in Iraq, I emailed him that his cat had inadvertently gotten into the dryer when I was doing a load of clothes, I had left the house, and come home to a dead cat. Or the time I told him, again while he was in Iraq, that grandpa had been in a terrible car accident and I might have to get the Red Cross to get him home on an emergency hardship leave. I know, bad awful mom.

Ten plus years. And he always fell for it. Every single time.

What frosts my buns is that he beat me to the punch this time. Which I suppose I deserve.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 11:55 AM (lwiT4)

79 And who believes she poured over these documents herself. Highly likely multiple flunkies were allowed to see all of this sensitive material as well.

-

It was reported that she'd routinely send Consuela (or whatever her maid's name was) to fetch classified faxes from the machine.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 11:55 AM (/f1mm)

80 In the "Disappeared down the memory hole Dept" - HRC state dept. covered for personnel soliciting sex from minors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HadGh0LcXxs

Interesting that in 2013 NBC was reporting on Clinton shenanigans. I guess this is when they still thought JEF was going to jerry rig a third term.

Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 11:55 AM (kD8Fh)

81 mh, Los lobos played La Bamba other night, it was bad ass.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 11:56 AM (7dpmG)

82 The thing is, for years I have been playing horrible April Fools jokes on him. Like, one deployment in Iraq, I emailed him that his cat had inadvertently gotten into the dryer when I was doing a load of clothes, I had left the house, and come home to a dead cat. Or the time I told him, again while he was in Iraq, that grandpa had been in a terrible car accident and I might have to get the Red Cross to get him home on an emergency hardship leave. I know, bad awful mom.

----

oy, grammie, ok I see HE needs to even the april fools day score . Ha

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:56 AM (4lrrm)

83 53 Emmie, heck I believed they would settle down and come to their senses and realize friendships were much larger than a termed presidency. but no.

I can only take so much abuse lol.

so when they insist on themselves and their po.litics at what should be known as a 'mixed group'

what then?
Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 11:46 AM (4lrrm)

Aye, there's the rub.

They make it so hard for normal people to stay in their lives.

Recently, a relative told me that pro-lifers do not care about babies and their mothers. I told her that Crisis Pregnancy Centers are all about caring for babies and their mothers. I said nothing negative about lefties, but she responded with an ugly, abusive email about the dasterdliness of all non-leftists in every facet of their lives. It was a virtual fire hazard with all the straw men all over the place.

Particularly disturbing is the lack of self-awareness. She says those nasty conservatives blame the poor for being poor and then heaped disdain on my household because we are less prosperous than she is.

Yeah. I am just overwhelmed by her compassion and lack of judgementalism.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:57 AM (xVuS6)

84 Emmie, Uh hmm, I am totally incapable of embracing that type of friendship anylonger.
I used to believe in the convincing with honey speech, but I had a coupld of experiences where I just decided feet wiping crap off of my shoes, and move onto a more peaceful life.

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 12:00 PM (4lrrm)

85 couple

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 12:01 PM (4lrrm)

86 grammie, I still have my album set of that concert from waay back in the day. It is somewhat the worse for ware.
Also have it on dvd.

Posted by: teej at April 01, 2017 12:01 PM (2fV9Y)

87 I am just overwhelmed by her compassion and lack of judgementalism.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:57 AM (xVuS6)

You criticized the sacrament of her religion. Why are you surprised that she lashed out?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2017 12:01 PM (rF0hx)

88 Anette Haven is dead?

Posted by: sad fake news at April 01, 2017 12:01 PM (wpC7C)

89 The claims of that chicken-man, Brewster
Just troubled his wife, it confused her
She pleaded, she begged
"If you're fowl, lay an egg!"
He said, "Don't be daft, I'm a rooster!"

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 12:01 PM (wPiJc)

90 Free that damned baby giraffe.

Posted by: Zombie Richie Havens at April 01, 2017 12:02 PM (Tyii7)

91 Charlie brown, you don't even have to criticize or state anything, you just have to not estatically embrace and applaud for you to end up with the stink eye and full throated shriekfest

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (4lrrm)

92 Particularly disturbing is the lack of self-awareness. She says those nasty conservatives blame the poor for being poor
================================

It would be interesting to see statistics on homeless shelters and soup kitchens run religious conservatives vs secular leftists. I honestly do not know what the numbers look like.

I do know - There are plenty of St. Catherine's hospitals (and the like) but I have yet to see a Mohammed the Prophet hospital.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (lwiT4)

93 For a certain generation of suburban women who might otherwise have natural conservative tendencies, I think there is a kind of PTSD holdover from the media obsession with a few, cartoonish preachers of the 80s who these ladies will forever associate with "the religious right" --as basically hypocritical, drunken Daddies-from-Hell, spun from their internal psychodramas, who want to control their mish in the creepiest possible way.

My theory anyway.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (OhTOr)

94 Willow, if your graciousness, patience, and wisdom can't reach them, they are probably beyond hope.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (xVuS6)

95 ecstatically*

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 12:04 PM (4lrrm)

96 That, was a GREAT interview...

Posted by: Don Q. at April 01, 2017 12:04 PM (NgKpN)

97 Yeah. I am just overwhelmed by her compassion and lack of judgementalism.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:57 AM (xVuS6)

Let me guess: Financially comfortable, lives as far away from the POC neighborhoods as income will allow. Has a HATE HAS NO HOME HERE lawn sign in her yard.

Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 12:04 PM (kD8Fh)

98
It's snowing here....and accumulating.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at April 01, 2017 12:05 PM (NACkC)

99 91 Charlie brown, you don't even have to criticize or state anything, you just have to not estatically embrace and applaud for you to end up with the stink eye and full throated shriekfest
Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (4lrrm)

How nature says "Stay away."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 12:05 PM (SRKgf)

100 ware? wear? weir?
Oops?

Posted by: teej at April 01, 2017 12:05 PM (2fV9Y)

101 grammie, I still have my album set of that concert from waay back in the day. It is somewhat the worse for ware.

Also have it on dvd.

Posted by: teej at April 01, 2017 12:01 PM (2fV9Y)
==============================

Really? I think I'll pick it up later today if it's still there. I also saw a Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon". I'm not at the P's yet, but it might be gone before I get there, so might grab that one too.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:05 PM (lwiT4)

102 wear

Posted by: willow at April 01, 2017 12:06 PM (4lrrm)

103 Art today: Man self-identifies as a hen:

[His father] revealed that when Poincheval was a child he had a pet chicken, and promised that any "hen-men and hen-women" his son brings into the world will be allowed to live out their natural lives on his smallholding in the west of France.

"I have prepared everything to welcome the chicks including a luxury chicken coop. I can assure you that they will never be the centrepiece of a grand feast," said Christian Poincheval, an inventor best known for pills that make flatulence smell of roses and even chocolate.

There is mass insanity - I guess this is why Islam is taking over? But what is causing the mass insanity?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 01, 2017 12:06 PM (vRcUp)

104
Yeah. I am just overwhelmed by her compassion and lack of judgementalism.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 11:57 AM (xVuS6)

I live in a far left city and when discussions turn political to avoid arguments I would just say that I'm completely non politcal and couldn't care less about politics.Guess what,they heap distain upon you for that position too.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 12:06 PM (lKyWE)

105 Let me guess: Financially comfortable, lives as far away from the POC neighborhoods as income will allow. Has a HATE HAS NO HOME HERE lawn sign in her yard.
Posted by: kallisto

I was out cruising around last Saturday morning, and saw those for the first time, in a neighborhood near Otterbein University where I live. So, it's a national thing, is it? I thought it was just some weird vibe in the neighborhood, from people of indeterminate sexual identification.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 01, 2017 12:07 PM (S6Pax)

106 Hello, Horde. The Gardening Thread is up. But you can still hang around here if you want to.

Posted by: KT at April 01, 2017 12:08 PM (qahv/)

107 87
You criticized the sacrament of her religion. Why are you surprised that she lashed out?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2017 12:01 PM (rF0hx)

That's the thing -- i didn't even criticize abortion. I just disagreed that pro-lifers were monsters.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 12:08 PM (xVuS6)

108 There is mass insanity - I guess this is why Islam is taking over? But what is causing the mass insanity?
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear

Flouridation of the water supply?

Just spitballin' here.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 01, 2017 12:08 PM (S6Pax)

109 the leftists are warming up to do their Robespierre impression. It's the inevitable end game of leftist politics: when you're entire world view depends on denouncing things, eventually you're to run out of things to denounce, unless you turn on each other.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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So it is with the NC 'Bathroom Bill'. The party of Radical Feminism is forced into bed with the assertion of the right of men to use women's restrooms, locker rooms etc.

Then of course, the same sort of logic applies to defending Rachel Dolezal, and, men competing as women in athletic competitions.

At the heart of all of this, of course, is the fact that the Left don't really care about any of it. The active players are just being used for fundraising and the creation of wedge issues that can be used to unravel the structure of civil society, i.e, the destruction of the bourgeoisie.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:08 PM (ZO497)

110 KT, thanks for your weekly gardening threads! Makes me want to play in the dirt!

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 12:09 PM (xVuS6)

111 I listened to both of Jordan Peterson's courses. I picked it up for the Joseph Campbell stuff. Full of insight into human development.

https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos/playlists

I can't recommend them enough.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 01, 2017 12:09 PM (VdICR)

112 But what is causing the mass insanity?

A brain parasite.

Posted by: Zombie Richie Havens at April 01, 2017 12:10 PM (Tyii7)

113 My theory anyway.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (OhTOr)

I think it's deeper than that. The woman I referenced surprised the bleep out of me. I figured her extreme hard left turn was due to her profession which is in the creative field, so she has to get approval of her peers.

Except that she has alienated at least 50 per cent of prospective clients by her crazy FB screeds. I learned from a mutual friend that she was forced to abort her first pregnancy by her then boyfriend.

I think these females are acting out of a deep rage/shame/guilt over their own abortions or those of the dead babies they facilitated. i.e. any female who required her daughter/granddaughter, etc. to terminate the pregnancy. Those of us on the right remind them of their sin - even though the anti-leftys are now a new coalition of libertarian, center right, etc.

That's why they don't see reality. They are overcome by their own shame.

I think we're seeing levels upon levels of evil consuming the psyches of these women, like they baked themselves a satanic layer cake when they killed their child in the womb. They didn't know what the future repercussions would be.

Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 12:10 PM (kD8Fh)

114 Gardening thread up.

Posted by: HH at April 01, 2017 12:10 PM (DrCtv)

115 But you can still hang around here if you want to.

Yay!

Posted by: Hang In There cat at April 01, 2017 12:10 PM (wpC7C)

116 Have PF Dark Side on cd.
Really bought very few albums in my time. Much as I love music other things took precident. Like food, shelter...

If you don't have The Beatles 1, and you liked the boys, it's all their #1 songs.

Posted by: teej at April 01, 2017 12:11 PM (2fV9Y)

117 Here's one answer: Humans are naturally insane, unless grounded by religion, family, work or tradition.
Just look at a pack of chimps.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 01, 2017 12:11 PM (OhTOr)

118 But what is causing the mass insanity?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 01, 2017 12:06 PM (vRcUp)
========================

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.

Roman 1:21-25

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:11 PM (lwiT4)

119 46
I think the vintage record store in town has a vinyl recording of the
Concert for Bangladesh. We usually go there on Saturday afternoons.
We're currently in the "D" section, but I could go back to the C's and
take a look.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 11:42 AM (lwiT4)

I have the box set in vinyl. I actually didn't like it that much.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 12:12 PM (mpXpK)

120 Interesting theories you all are proposing. You see interesting things when you take the time to observe.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 12:13 PM (xVuS6)

121 If you don't have The Beatles 1, and you liked the boys, it's all their #1 songs.

Posted by: teej at April 01, 2017 12:11 PM (2fV9Y)
==========================

I've bought 4 or 5 Beatles albums from this guy. I don't think I've seen that one in there yet. Maybe today will be my lucky day. That's one thing that makes it fun - you never know what will be there from week to week.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:13 PM (lwiT4)

122 So, it's a national thing, is it? I thought it was just some weird vibe in the neighborhood, from people of indeterminate sexual identification.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 01, 2017 12:07 PM (S6Pax)

I believe it started iat Ground Zero of Virtue Signalling, the Philly collar counties. Specifically Glenside, PA.

You're welcome.

Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 12:14 PM (kD8Fh)

123 Let me guess: Financially comfortable, lives as far away from the POC neighborhoods as income will allow. Has a HATE HAS NO HOME HERE lawn sign in her yard.
Posted by: kallisto
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I've seen 'Black Lives Matter' signs in very expensive upscale neighborhoods. I assume that people are trying to expunge themselves of some deeply held racist inclinations. Self flagellation, and the purchase of an indulgence, all in one economical purchase.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:14 PM (ZO497)

124 best April Fool so far comes from Russia...

"You have reached the Russian embassy, your call is very important to us. To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent, press 1. To use the services of Russian hackers press 2. To request election interference, press 3 and wait until the next election campaign. Please note that all calls are recorded for quality improvement and training purposes."

https://goo.gl/BCflhz

Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at April 01, 2017 12:15 PM (TixTl)

125 Grammie, the Romans passage describes the insanity perfectly. Also explains the inability to relate to logic.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 12:15 PM (xVuS6)

126 I have the box set in vinyl. I actually didn't like it that much.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 12:12 PM (mpXpK)
===================

No? To be honest, I don't remember who all is on it. I'll have to look that up. I think his price was pretty reasonable (he always gives me a break - I think he gets a kick out of selling all these records to an old lady). So I'll take a look and see.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:15 PM (lwiT4)

127 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.

Roman 1:21-25

Posted by: grammie winger
-----------------

It always ends badly. Always.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:16 PM (NBHj5)

128 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:14 PM (ZO497)

Yup.

whenever I get the chance I tell the POC in my network that they don't need to fear Trump voters. The ones they need to be wary of are the limo libs who are the most racist creatures that this sick pomo society ever created.

Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 12:16 PM (kD8Fh)

129 Gavin McGinnis does his Werner Herzog impression, and it is hysterical. Talking about how unforgiving a wild bear can be, with a German accent.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 01, 2017 12:18 PM (VdICR)

130 40,
"My dad had an interesting notion

'Bout a volatile hen feeding potion

Then sadly one night

All the fumes did ignite"

Don't know if any hens were involved.
http://tinyurl.com/kye6wx6

Posted by: geoffb5 at April 01, 2017 12:18 PM (d3wbb)

131 130 40,
"My dad had an interesting notion

'Bout a volatile hen feeding potion

Then sadly one night

All the fumes did ignite"
----------------

I recall that a storage shed at the state park at Paradise (ponder that for a moment), Michigan exploded in consequence of an accumulation of bat guano.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:20 PM (ZO497)

132 oh shoot I completely forgot I was supposed to type up Rev's sermon. oops BBL

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:22 PM (lwiT4)

133 George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Klaus Voorman
Jesse Ed Davis
Eric Clapton
Leon Russell
Billy Preston
Badfinger
Jim Keltner
Jim Horn and the Hollywood Horns
Bob Dylan
Number of back up singers
Ravi Shankar kicks things off for an album side

Did I miss anyone besides the guitarist whose name I don't know that joined in for the Leon medly?

Posted by: teej at April 01, 2017 12:22 PM (2fV9Y)

134 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:08 PM (ZO497)

On re-reading my comment, I'm shocked by my grammatical errors, and apologize for them. I guess the coffee hadn't kicked in entirely yet.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 12:22 PM (SRKgf)

135 Sub-threads always pay the price for the sins of their fathers. Unto the third generation.

*wanders off to lunch*

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:23 PM (ZO497)

136 Has Professor Jordan been arrested yet?

Oh Canada! Marx and Lenin, keep our glorious land free!

They should just get it over with and replace the maple leaf with the hammer and sickle.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 01, 2017 12:24 PM (5VlCp)

137 On re-reading my comment, I'm shocked by my grammatical errors, and apologize for them. I guess the coffee hadn't kicked in entirely yet.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Note my redundant use of the word 'purchase' in 123.

My brain can type, or think, but not both.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:25 PM (ZO497)

138 126 No? To be honest, I don't remember who all is on it.
I'll have to look that up. I think his price was pretty reasonable (he
always gives me a break - I think he gets a kick out of selling all
these records to an old lady). So I'll take a look and see.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:15 PM (lwiT4)

Oh it had some big name people but the acoustics were awful. And I didn't care for the Ravi Shankar bit at all.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 12:26 PM (mpXpK)

139 Dang it.
If I'd have done that right I'd have left out Billy.
Then asked if I'd forgotten anyone.
After a moment's pause...
"I've forgotten Billy Preston."

Posted by: teej at April 01, 2017 12:26 PM (2fV9Y)

140 thought for the day comes from Reddit Showerthoughts:

I woke up thinking - 'April Fools, don't believe everything you read on the internet.' But then realised, how is that any different from any other day of the year?

Posted by: Nathan R. Jessup at April 01, 2017 12:27 PM (TixTl)

141 Note my redundant use of the word 'purchase' in 123.

My brain can type, or think, but not both.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:25 PM (ZO497)

Pffft. That's nothing. Comments are more in the nature of cyber Post-It notes, not polished expositions.

But "you're world view?" Yow.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 12:27 PM (SRKgf)

142
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator. Roman 1:21-25 Posted by: grammie winger

More relevant today than when it was written nearly two thousand years ago .Amazing.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 12:27 PM (lKyWE)

143 78
The thing is, for years I have been playing horrible April Fools jokes on him. Like, one deployment in Iraq, I emailed him that his cat had inadvertently gotten into the dryer when I was doing a load of clothes, I had left the house, and come home to a dead cat. Or the time I told him, again while he was in Iraq, that grandpa had been in a terrible car accident and I might have to get the Red Cross to get him home on an emergency hardship leave. I know, bad awful mom.
Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 11:55 AM (lwiT4)

Yeesh. You realize that April Fools jokes are supposed to be funny, right?

Posted by: rickl at April 01, 2017 12:28 PM (sdi6R)

144 Oh it had some big name people but the acoustics were awful. And I didn't care for the Ravi Shankar bit at all.
Posted by: Vic
------------

I really, really hoped that we had heard the last of the sitar by 1970.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:28 PM (ZO497)

145 My best April fool's joke was when I was hired into a company on April 1. I did well for a couple years, then my immediate supervisor left and the dept head gave me a ten per cent raise to keep me on, because they were fooked when my boss left.

I stayed but started interviewing because the dept head was a closet lesbian who had weird power trip issues and I felt like I was next on the chopping block.

sure enough, six months after she incentivized me to stay, she terminated me in a way that was designed to humiliate me and strip me of my dignity.

But I foiled them in their attempt to deny me UC benefits. I refused to sign the doc that itemized my alleged transgressions.

So I guess in a small way the joke was on them.
I got my CHECK!

lol

Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 12:29 PM (kD8Fh)

146 Pffft. That's nothing. Comments are more in the nature of cyber Post-It notes, not polished expositions.

But "you're world view?" Yow.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
------------

You assign to me more insight than I have. My problem is normally brought to my attention by others. Mrs. H is assiduous in pointing out my seeming inability to focus on more than one endeavor at a time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:32 PM (ZO497)

147 Okay...that's it. Off to the local diner for gossip.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2017 12:34 PM (ZO497)

148 Hen man:

I suspect his penis is probably paltry, too.

Posted by: E Depluribus Unum at April 01, 2017 11:16 AM (ZFUt7)

Delightful!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 01, 2017 12:34 PM (tHwdc)

149 There are plenty of St. Catherine's hospitals (and the like) but I have yet to see a Mohammed the Prophet hospital.

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (lwiT4)

Good point...looks like they would at least chip in for a morgue.

Posted by: BignJames at April 01, 2017 12:36 PM (x9c8r)

150 113 My theory anyway.

Posted by: xnycpeasant at April 01, 2017 12:03 PM (OhTOr)

I think it's deeper than that. The woman I referenced surprised the bleep out of me. I figured her extreme hard left turn was due to her profession which is in the creative field, so she has to get approval of her peers.

Except that she has alienated at least 50 per cent of prospective clients by her crazy FB screeds. I learned from a mutual friend that she was forced to abort her first pregnancy by her then boyfriend.

I think these females are acting out of a deep rage/shame/guilt over their own abortions or those of the dead babies they facilitated. i.e. any female who required her daughter/granddaughter, etc. to terminate the pregnancy. Those of us on the right remind them of their sin - even though the anti-leftys are now a new coalition of libertarian, center right, etc.

That's why they don't see reality. They are overcome by their own shame.

I think we're seeing levels upon levels of evil consuming the psyches of these women, like they baked themselves a satanic layer cake when they killed their child in the womb. They didn't know what the future repercussions would be.
Posted by: kallisto at April 01, 2017 12:10 PM (kD8Fh

It's almost as if this is one of the many reasons the Bible teaches us to confess our sins to one another and then son no more.

Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at April 01, 2017 12:42 PM (lCTsV)

151 No gardening thread here.

It's 34F and snowing heavily. It was like shoveling cement.

Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 12:42 PM (jw2Xw)

152 It's 34F and snowing heavily. It was like shoveling cement.
Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 12:42 PM (jw2Xw)

Bleh. Where's "here"?

Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 12:44 PM (8nWyX)

153 For years me and my friends thought Badfinger *were* the Beatles, just under a different name. In fact, on one of my Beatle anthology cd's there is the Beatle version of "If you want it" that sounds exactly like how Badfinger recorded it. Plus it was written by Lennon/McCartney.

Also got to see Harrison and Preston on their Dark Horse tour. Very good concert.

Posted by: HH at April 01, 2017 12:45 PM (DrCtv)

154 Dear Horde,

If you're reading this it means that I'm dead.

Not really. Ha! I'm still alive. April fools!

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 12:46 PM (Fmupd)

155 So I had parent teacher meeting yesterday in my kids charter school. While waiting for one of our meetings I started reading some "letters" by students posted on the wall outside another classroom (3rd grade). Nothing unusual about that except they were to President Trump to express their opinion about his immigration policy, especially the supposed Muslim immigration ban. No surprisingly each and every one (about 20) of them talked about how horrible it was to keep people out of the country, nation of immigrants, don't be a meanie, don't hate etc... and other Dem talking points. Not a word about national security, terrorism or crime. Not one word.

WTF? Teacher clearly is guiding the students and has an agenda. Wasn't one of my kid's teacher but still pissed me off. Now this is a charter school and is far better than the public schools but I keep running into this type of thing from time to time and always do my best to make sure my kids get other points of view without going into a rant. (My kids still get a heaping dose of Global Warming in their science classes. Very hard to counter that BS I've found.) Seem like the entire educational establishment is completely contaminated. Getting your kids out of public schools is no guarantee they are safe from leftists indoctrination.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 12:49 PM (1BQGO)

156 I'm in Massachusetts, just south of NH.

National Weather Service was forecasting accumulation of well over a foot. They are all in on that hockey stick nonsense.

Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 12:51 PM (jw2Xw)

157 I'm in Massachusetts, just south of NH.
Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 12:51 PM (jw2Xw)

No kidding? I lived in Lawrence until I was 10. We used to go up to Rockingham to shop all the time.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 12:54 PM (8nWyX)

158 So much for my cut-rate cherry blossom walk (local, not DC). The clouds rolled in and the wind rustled my boomers in a most awkward fashion.

I just whipped up a bean dip to accompany my pork cracklins. Know how they're authentic? There's still hair on some of them. I'll set those aside for you.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 12:55 PM (PhYV5)

159 What I've retained from reading the morning threads:

the Bible teaches us to confess our sins to one another and then son no more.

power doesn't come from the barrel of a gin

I'm doing coke in the mornings

stink eye and full throated shriekfest

I'm pretty sure Stink Eye and Full Throated Shriekfest toured with Zappa and the Mothers back in 1970.

Posted by: mindful webworker - reading between the letters at April 01, 2017 12:55 PM (cN1tG)

160 I'm west of Lawrence so I do my shopping in Nashua.

The crazy thing is, some people travel to Massachusetts to avoid higher taxes (NY, CT).

Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 12:57 PM (jw2Xw)

161 >>> I'm pretty sure Stink Eye and Full Throated Shriekfest toured with Zappa and the Mothers back in 1970.

Full Throated Shriekfest is still going strong in her 80s.

Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 12:59 PM (jw2Xw)

162 No surprisingly each and every one (about 20) of them talked about how horrible it was to keep people out of the country, nation of immigrants, don't be a meanie, don't hate etc... and other Dem talking points. Not a word about national security, terrorism or crime. Not one word...
Posted by: Ripley

*****

Wow. That's really remarkable.

I think it pervades more than just the education system as well. A well-known regional Children's Hospital of which I have some knowledge recently sent out a mass communication to their employees encouraging them to be heroes, 'advocating' for children. Encouraging them to write to their representatives telling them to keep Obamacare in place, because the CBO had estimated decreased federal health care spending of some 880 billion (nearly a trillion) dollars over 10 years if Ryan's plan were enacted. They were to do this "for the children."

Yet, as you pointed out, not one word about where that 880 billion dollars comes from or what it means for the children of families who pay taxes, or what it means to children of future generations. Not a word about unnecessary spending or inefficiencies within the hospital. Just 'grab that federal money' because, it's for the children. Not a word.

Grubby rent seeking cloaked in chirrens.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 01:00 PM (wPiJc)

163 Dream in Blue Kiki opener is insanely good.These CNN dolts really think PDT is going to work w/Dems

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 01:01 PM (7dpmG)

164 Oh, and while out i saw a yellow Beetle with "Black Lives Matter", "=", and "This Snowflake Kills Fascists" bumper stickers.

The driver was, of course, a comfortably middle class, middle-aged white woman.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:01 PM (PhYV5)

165 It was like shoveling cement.

Concrete.

Posted by: every civil engineer ever at April 01, 2017 01:02 PM (wpC7C)

166 Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 12:49 PM (1BQGO)

Our kids' school was looking at cutting music, and so we were treated to a major liberalfest about that, replete with a little girl who won an essay contest that included the line "Thank you for bringing music into my life."

'Cause nine year olds talk like that all the time.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 01:04 PM (SRKgf)

167 164 Oh, and while out i saw a yellow Beetle with "Black Lives Matter", "=", and "This Snowflake Kills Fascists" bumper stickers.

The driver was, of course, a comfortably middle class, middle-aged white woman.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:01 PM (PhYV5)

So she's a killer? Let me see your war face!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 01:06 PM (SRKgf)

168 There are plenty of St. Catherine's hospitals (and the like) but I have yet to see a Mohammed the Prophet hospital.

They exist. Hizbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood operate clinics all over North Africa and Lebanon. That was how they got support from the local poor.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 01, 2017 01:06 PM (6FqZa)

169
Yet, as you pointed out, not one word about where that 880 billion dollars comes from or what it means for the children of families who pay taxes, or what it means to children of future generations. Not a word about unnecessary spending or inefficiencies within the hospital. Just 'grab that federal money' because, it's for the children. Not a word.

Grubby rent seeking cloaked in chirrens.
Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 01:00 PM (wPiJc)

--------------------

BUT, this last November has shown us that they're still a minority........for awhile, at least.

I'm hoping the repubs can get their shit halfway together in the next four years to show them there's a much brighter and prosperous alternative.

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 01:09 PM (Fmupd)

170
No surprisingly each and every one (about 20) of them talked about how horrible it was to keep people out of the country, nation of immigrants, don't be a meanie, don't hate etc... and other Dem talking points. Not a word about national security, terrorism or crime. Not one word... Posted by: Ripley

When I was in the 3rd grade we were writing letters to soldiers in Vietnam and selling metal braclets with the names of POWs on them.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 01:09 PM (lKyWE)

171 "'Cause nine year olds talk like that all the time.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevar"

By chance did she write about how music inspires us and enriches our lives and how important it is to follow your dreams no matter who your are, where your from or who you love?

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 01:10 PM (1BQGO)

172 In fairness, trying to defend the stammering clusterfuck of a miserable failure would drive anyone mad. There is literally nothing he did in eight years that they can point to as a success.

How would you like to be a homer for that team?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at April 01, 2017 11:39 AM (LTHVh)

Gay marriage and tranny crap. He jammed that down the throat of the country and the left loves him for it as another middle finger to us.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 01, 2017 01:12 PM (auHtY)

173 Does the VW know the difference between a rifle and a gun?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 01, 2017 01:12 PM (89T5c)

174 VW lady

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 01, 2017 01:13 PM (89T5c)

175 By chance did she write about how music inspires us and enriches our lives and how important it is to follow your dreams no matter who your are, where your from or who you love?
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 01:10 PM (1BQGO)

I left before that part.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 01:14 PM (SRKgf)

176 Fredericka is a frankfurter

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 01:14 PM (7dpmG)

177 "This Snowflake Kills Fascists"

******

Yet would melt if faced with a butterfly in the Amazon flapping its wings.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 01:14 PM (wPiJc)

178 Is MUMR back? 7dpmG

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 01:15 PM (wPiJc)

179 173 Does the VW know the difference between a rifle and a gun?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 01, 2017 01:12 PM (89T5c)
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No, and it is proud not to!

I guess she kills fascists with her deep concern, rather than a T-34?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:16 PM (PhYV5)

180 Keeps callling "her" Fred Lol

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 01:17 PM (7dpmG)

181 >>> Yet would melt if faced with a butterfly in the Amazon flapping its wings.

Argh! I hate that line of metaphysical bullshit.

They would have you believe that every time I fart a chipmunk dies.

Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 01:18 PM (jw2Xw)

182 Oh, and while out i saw a yellow Beetle with "Black Lives Matter", "=", and "This Snowflake Kills Fascists" bumper stickers.

The driver was, of course, a comfortably middle class, middle-aged white woman.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:01 PM (PhYV5)

Her big mouth could probably kill everything within 50 yards

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 01, 2017 01:19 PM (auHtY)

183 >>When I was in the 3rd grade we were writing letters
to soldiers in Vietnam and selling metal braclets with the names of POWs
on them.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic

When I was in middle school my English teacher's husband was an Army officer in Vietnam.

Posted by: Aviator at April 01, 2017 01:21 PM (/Nite)

184
Argh! I hate that line of metaphysical bullshit.

They would have you believe that every time I fart a chipmunk dies.
Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 01:18 PM (jw2Xw)

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It's true. Not only chipmunks, but squirrels and birds too. My back yard looks like an animal Auschwitz.

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 01:24 PM (Fmupd)

185 173 Does the VW know the difference between a rifle and a gun?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 01, 2017 01:12 PM (89T5c)
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No, and it is proud not to!
I guess she kills fascists with her deep concern, rather than a T-34?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:16 PM (PhYV5)

Must be a lazy bitch......last time I checked Harry Reid, FAB and Obongo were still vertical.

She needs to start killing them fascists already....

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 01, 2017 01:24 PM (5VlCp)

186 Lol, how much longer will this nonsense last?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 01:24 PM (7dpmG)

187 Too long.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at April 01, 2017 01:26 PM (tHwdc)

188 They would have you believe that every time I fart a chipmunk dies.
Posted by: fluffy at April 01, 2017 01:18 PM (jw2Xw)

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It's true. Not only chipmunks, but squirrels and birds too. My back yard looks like an animal Auschwitz.
Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 01:24 PM (Fmupd)

Ban burritos! It's for the ~~children~~ chipmunks!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 01:27 PM (SRKgf)

189
Oh, and while out i saw a yellow Beetle with "Black Lives Matter", "=", and "This Snowflake Kills Fascists" bumper stickers.

Do you think she knows the car she is driving was originally designed and built by the worst fascist in history.

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 01:29 PM (lKyWE)

190 Oh, and while out i saw a yellow Beetle with "Black Lives Matter", "=", and "This Snowflake Kills Fascists" bumper stickers.

The driver was, of course, a comfortably middle class, middle-aged white woman.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:01 PM (PhYV5)

Not that I would laugh at her the same way I did when I that guy went to Alaska to be "one" with the bears, but I wonder if she thinks her bumper stickers will protect her from the men who have to save up to buy single cigarettes at gas stations? (I'm guessing that's what her gated community is for)

Not that I would laugh, though.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 01:30 PM (/f1mm)

191 fluffy: ...every time I fart a chipmunk dies.

Does it work for squirrels? How 'bout moles? Got a real problem with moles.

(Passes fluffy a large bowl of baked beans)

Posted by: mindful webworker - olde phart at April 01, 2017 01:30 PM (cN1tG)

192 Roman 1:21-25

Posted by: grammie winger - ONE MORE DAY! at April 01, 2017 12:11 PM (lwiT4)

Yes, I'm well acquainted with those verses. I like v25: "Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."

That seems to be what liberals are mainly interested in. If they get any crazier, I'm afraid that Paul might have the best explanation.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at April 01, 2017 01:30 PM (vRcUp)

193 Will Gonzaga expose the 'Cocks today?

Or will South Carolina prevail, allowing me two more days of bad puns?

Posted by: logprof at April 01, 2017 01:32 PM (GsAUU)

194 Now my grandkids will really think I'm nuts when I rip one off and say, "Awww. Another chipmunk just got its wings."

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 01:32 PM (wPiJc)

195 Wait, so since she hasn't killed any fascists, I guess that must mean...

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 01:32 PM (/f1mm)

196 Oh, and while out i saw a yellow Beetle with "Black Lives Matter", "=", and "This Snowflake Kills Fascists" bumper stickers.

So ... now death threats are A-OK?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 01:34 PM (SRKgf)

197 Do you think she knows the car she is driving was originally designed and built by the worst fascist in history.
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 01:29 PM (lKyWE)
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I know! Her cute little People's Car was once built by Jewish slave laborers. Not the right sort of Volk.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:34 PM (PhYV5)

198 Oh, and while out i saw a yellow Beetle with "Black Lives Matter", "=", and "This Snowflake Kills Fascists" bumper stickers.

The driver was, of course, a comfortably middle class, middle-aged white woman.

+++

I hate people.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 01, 2017 01:34 PM (Ivjge)

199 I hate people.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 01, 2017 01:34 PM (Ivjge)

I like... the idea of people...

Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 01:35 PM (8nWyX)

200 199 I hate people.
Posted by: washrivergal at April 01, 2017 01:34 PM (Ivjge)

I like... the idea of people...
Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 01:35 PM (8nWyX)

I know, it was a great concept, it's just the kludgy execution...

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:37 PM (PhYV5)

201 Goosebumps

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 01:37 PM (7dpmG)

202 194 Now my grandkids will really think I'm nuts when I rip one off and say, "Awww. Another chipmunk just got its wings."
Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 01:32 PM (wPiJc)

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That's a funny line. I'm stealing it.

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 01:39 PM (Fmupd)

203 VW makes the Beetle, right?

Isn't VW the company that recently tried to willingly and flagrantly defraud the government out of billions of dollars that would otherwise pay for social programs, right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 01:39 PM (/f1mm)

204 Well, back to my Lovecraft biography. If that delightful imp can't restore my faith in the inevitable triumph of the human spirit, then no one can!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:39 PM (PhYV5)

205 191 Does it work for squirrels? How 'bout moles? Got a real problem with moles.

(Passes fluffy a large bowl of baked beans)

Posted by: mindful webworker - olde phart at April 01, 2017 01:30 PM (cN1tG)

Best thing for moles and voles is an outside cat.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 01:40 PM (mpXpK)

206 All right. Time to go do some gardening.

By that I mean sit on the deck and watch the weeds grow.

Posted by: Muldoon at April 01, 2017 01:41 PM (wPiJc)

207 203 Isn't VW the company that recently tried to
willingly and flagrantly defraud the government out of billions of
dollars that would otherwise pay for social programs, right?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 01:39 PM (/f1mm)

They were claiming their diesels met smog limits using fraudulent testing.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 01:43 PM (mpXpK)

208 I am a lifelong republican, but I must say that the WH connections with Russia have me concerned. Very very concerned. Yes, I have grave concerns as to whether Mr Trump is up to the job. We would have been better off with. Staunch conservative like Jeb Bush or John McCain. It's all very concerning.

Posted by: Prescott Richardson Ian Cuthbertson-Klein at April 01, 2017 01:44 PM (kTF2Z)

209
Isn't VW the company that recently tried to willingly and flagrantly defraud the government out of billions of dollars that would otherwise pay for social programs, right?
Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 01:39 PM (/f1mm)

Eh I sort of give VW a pass on that.The reason they did it was to meet Obama's ridiculouse new CAFE standards without making their cars too expensive to buy

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 01:44 PM (lKyWE)

210 Some of this crap the snowflakes unthinkingly spit out reminds me of the nonsense I was told to put on my resumes when first out of college by supposed career experts. I used to follow some of those idiotic rules like list your hobbies and interests (because employers are always want to know what sports and music you like) or use lots of impressive action phrases (solely responsible for increased sales of 350%, invented 80% more efficient laser trans-mogrifier...)

I finally figured after several years that out resumes need to be short, to the point and only highlight relevant skills/experience with no BS information in order to get a call. The career experts were mostly pushing the latest trendy things. Now its your extensive travels, ability to work with a diverse group of people and commitment to some core value or whatever as I see a lot of those type of things on resumes anymore. I wonder if the millennials will eventually figure out so much of the crap the mindlessly repeat is total BS by people that don't believe the things they are saying..

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 01:45 PM (1BQGO)

211 I had Mexican food last night. I could have wiped out the animal kingdom by 8am.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 01, 2017 01:45 PM (89T5c)

212 They were claiming their diesels met smog limits using fraudulent testing.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 01:43 PM (mpXpK)

Yeah, it's weird that someone so pro-snowflakes / pro-welfare would be that supportive of a company seeking to defraud the government coffers.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 01:45 PM (/f1mm)

213 212 Yeah, it's weird that someone so pro-snowflakes /
pro-welfare would be that supportive of a company seeking to defraud the
government coffers.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 01:45 PM (/f1mm)

It wasn't about money to start with. But after they got caught it became big bucks.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 01:47 PM (mpXpK)

214 AHAHAHAHAHAHA

awesome.

When will Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd and (a)NBCNews start talking about the Obama SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL and stop with the Fake Trump/Russia story?

- Donald J. Trump (a)realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017
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It is the same Fake News Media that said there is "no path to victory for Trump" that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!

-Donald J. Trump (a)realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 01, 2017 01:47 PM (KgpWR)

215 The Volkswagen deal deflated many egos,, I hope

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 01:47 PM (7dpmG)

216
Yike
Ridiculous
too

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 01:47 PM (lKyWE)

217

Best thing for moles and voles is an outside cat.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 01:40 PM (mpXpK)

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An outside cat that farts a lot.

Double deadly.

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 01:47 PM (Fmupd)

218 217
An outside cat that farts a lot.

Double deadly.

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 01:47 PM (Fmupd)

I used to have voles bad. Until I put one of my cats outside. All those voles wound up on my back porch deposited in front of the door.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 01:50 PM (mpXpK)

219 210 I wonder if the millennials will eventually figure out so much of the crap the mindlessly repeat is total BS by people that don't believe the things they are saying..
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 01:45 PM (1BQGO)

I suppose it matters whether you are trying to catch the eye of an HR person or the person you will actually work with. HR people are the ones who foist all the diversity/core values stuff on you, while your supervisor is going to care whether you are competent.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 01:50 PM (xVuS6)

220 Vic: Best thing for moles and voles is an outside cat.

Yeah, a couple of days ago, I found a good-size mole, dead, on the lawn. Not sure if it was one of the cats or maybe the dog, since it wasn't eaten.

In any case, the cats are outnumbered. And they're all old. We may need a younger pet that likes to dig.

Posted by: mindful webworker - mole sauce? at April 01, 2017 01:50 PM (cN1tG)

221 Red tailed hawks love to eat voles and moles.

Posted by: navybrat at April 01, 2017 01:52 PM (w7KSn)

222 I used to follow some of those idiotic rules like list your hobbies and interests (because employers are always want to know what sports and music you like)
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Had to do this for a "welcome aboard" package and, thinking nobody actually bothers to read these things, put down stuff like "condition black longboarding", "climbing the eight-thousanders", and "bow-hunting Kodiak bears". And of course, "the most dangerous game of all".

Had to explain that last one to the Div Off.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:52 PM (PhYV5)

223 Mindful, just want to say hello. I appreciate your greetings when you drop by on a thread.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 01:53 PM (xVuS6)

224
In any case, the cats are outnumbered. And they're all old. We may need a younger pet that likes to dig.
Posted by: mindful webworker - mole sauce? at April 01, 2017 01:50 PM (cN1tG)

Might I suggest an English Mastiff.They can dig a hole to China then let loose with the deadliest farts known to mankind

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 01:57 PM (lKyWE)

225 I wonder if the millennials will eventually figure out so much of the crap the mindlessly repeat is total BS by people that don't believe the things they are saying..
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 01:45 PM (1BQGO)

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That is an outstanding reflective response to today's ever-changing needs and goals. Your performed duties in groking this out-of-the-box improvement is exceptional.

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 01:58 PM (Fmupd)

226 "I suppose it matters whether you are trying to catch
the eye of an HR person or the person you will actually work with. HR
people are the ones who foist all the diversity/core values stuff on
you, while your supervisor is going to care whether you are competent.

Posted by: Emmie"

You do have a point there. Many companies now have the SJW's screening for fellow travelers. Still, last couple times I looked for jobs I left out anything but relevant skills/experience and it seemed to work so next time I will not be putting my commitment to tutoring Muslim tranny kids on my resume.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 02:01 PM (1BQGO)

227 >>> Might I suggest an English Mastiff.They can dig a hole to China then let loose with the deadliest farts known to mankind

That's exactly the strategic advantage we need!

Posted by: General Buck Turgidson at April 01, 2017 02:01 PM (jw2Xw)

228 It wasn't about money to start with. But after they got caught it became big bucks.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 01, 2017 01:47 PM (mpXpK)

No, it was entirely about money. It became about big money after they got caught. Per the NHTSA:

"The current penalty for failing to meet CAFE standards is $5.50 per tenth of a mile per gallon under the target value times the total volume of vehicles in the manufacturer's fleet for a given model year."

Nearly a billion in fines from automakers since the mid '80s. Most European companies pay between one and twenty million every year.

NHTSA fine data linked in name.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 02:02 PM (/f1mm)

229 Which is my point about the Beetle driver not being concerned about all those tax dollars being robbed from welfare programs.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at April 01, 2017 02:03 PM (/f1mm)

230 And of course, "the most dangerous game of all".

Had to explain that last one to the Div Off.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:52 PM (PhYV5)

Ha! Nice.

I had a 3 day orientation class with civilian counselors that was pretty much "please don't drink and drive and rape and murder and do drugs, you idiot reprobates, we know you will anyway, but at least we can say we told you not to". Once you realized that the counselors had to be understanding and non-judgmental, it was a blast.

"Who can give me an example of something that could be a risky behavior?"

"I think shooting heroin in a truck stop bathroom stall with a fourteen year old prostitute and a guy who you think probably shot a cop but you're not sure and you don't know how to bring it up without setting him off could be a risky behavior."

*chokes, recovers* "Yes, I can see some reasons why that would be a risky behavior."

Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 02:08 PM (8nWyX)

231 We would have been better off with. Staunch conservative like Jeb Bush or John McCain.

Right on! Knowing the proper way to make guacamole is the perfect analogy for tidying up Washington and getting back to the business of helping people. We really need someone rock-solid like McCain with no skeletons in his closet to distract us from this important work. I for one look forward to moving past all this nonsense once and for all and returning to normalcy.

Posted by: Albert Vic Frederick Mendelson-Parker at April 01, 2017 02:09 PM (TixTl)

232 My old neighbor had a mastiff that would wander into yard from time to time. It was like a lumberjack snuck into the yard and took a dump.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 01, 2017 02:09 PM (89T5c)

233 Riley, I admittedly have limited experience, but from what I read on the threads it looks like HR is where the Grievance Studies majors end up.

All I know is that our HR department has taken a perfectly functional workforce and begun harassing us with trainings that are kinda insulting, like we need their guidance in order to not be jerks.

The only people at my campus who need to be trained on how to not be jerks are the ones who can't be fired.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:11 PM (xVuS6)

234 It's all fun and games until somebody poops his pants. April Fools!

Posted by: Fritz at April 01, 2017 02:11 PM (MF/hn)

235 Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 02:08 PM (8nWyX)

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LOL! Just use a condom and/or fresh needles and all will be forgiven.

But I always loved the unspoken assumption that we are all savages underneath a wafer-thin facade of polyester.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:11 PM (PhYV5)

236 My old neighbor had a mastiff that would wander into yard from time to time. It was like a lumberjack snuck into the yard and took a dump.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

You could have trained it to shit on an automated catapult.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:12 PM (GgzGa)

237 You could have trained it to shit on an automated catapult.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:12 PM (GgzGa)
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Why has no one invented a crap-a-pult for catshit?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:13 PM (PhYV5)

238 "I think shooting heroin in a truck stop bathroom stall with a fourteen
year old prostitute and a guy who you think probably shot a cop but
you're not sure and you don't know how to bring it up without setting
him off could be a risky behavior.

Posted by: hogmartin "

Or it could be something a millennial puts on their resume to show their cultural competence and tolerance.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 02:14 PM (1BQGO)

239 Our diversity training told us not to call muslims goat-humpers but gave no guidance on what to do if a Muslim co-worker started talking about what should happen to women who don't cover themselves.

Also, you should tell transsexuals to be proud of who they are.

Me, I would be wondering how that helps us achieve our objectives.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:17 PM (xVuS6)

240 But I always loved the unspoken assumption that we are all savages underneath a wafer-thin facade of polyester.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:11 PM (PhYV5)

In fairness, the ubiquitous SN Timmy who gaffs off a whole watch of logs and then gets drunk, shoots his pregnant 19 year old wife, and drives his new 40% interest Camaro off the pier doesn't exactly dispel that perception.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 02:18 PM (8nWyX)

241 Had to do this for a "welcome aboard" package and, thinking nobody actually bothers to read these things, put down stuff like "condition black longboarding", "climbing the eight-thousanders", and "bow-hunting Kodiak bears". And of course, "the most dangerous game of all".

Had to explain that last one to the Div Off.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 01:52 PM
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OMG.

Freaking hysterical.

You are my hero Eris, She-Wolf.

Posted by: shibumi at April 01, 2017 02:19 PM (FkAXz)

242 Up next on HSN: the Crap-u-chet (tm) ~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:19 PM (GgzGa)

243 Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 02:18 PM (8nWyX)

I think you meant to say "19 year old "ex"-stripper wife", because I think I had SN (formerly PO2) Timmy in my division.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:21 PM (PhYV5)

244
"Who can give me an example of something that could be a risky behavior?"

"I think shooting heroin in a truck stop bathroom stall with a fourteen year old prostitute and a guy who you think probably shot a cop but you're not sure and you don't know how to bring it up without setting him off could be a risky behavior."
---

"I think shooting heroin while driving cross country in a semi hauling explosive materials while an underage hooker gives you a blow job while you talk with the hitchhiker you just picked up about the blood covered gun he's got stashed in his pocket could be considered risky behavior"

FIFY.

Posted by: shibumi at April 01, 2017 02:22 PM (FkAXz)

245 The worst part of this sensitivity training is that it distracts from my natural inclination to treat people as individuals worthy of dignity. As a teacher, my focus is "How can I give my best to this person?"

Now I'm afraid that my best intentions may set me up for a complaint, so I'm more fearful of others.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:23 PM (xVuS6)

246 Blood pressure warning; skip the next comment.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:24 PM (GgzGa)

247 246 Blood pressure warning; skip the next comment.

Thanks for heads up.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:24 PM (xVuS6)

248 Or it could be something a millennial puts on their resume to show their cultural competence and tolerance.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 02:14 PM (1BQGO)

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Millennial resume:

I worked hard on my last job. Then I got fired.

I want to cut my dick off.

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 02:24 PM (Fmupd)

249 I think you meant to say "19 year old "ex"-stripper wife", because I think I had SN (formerly PO2) Timmy in my division.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:21 PM (PhYV5)

Had a BMC (of course) on my ship whose wife was a former hooker/heroin addict.

Posted by: Country Singer #HailState at April 01, 2017 02:25 PM (GUBah)

250 "I think shooting heroin while driving cross country in a semi hauling explosive materials while an underage hooker gives you a blow job while you talk with the hitchhiker you just picked up about the blood covered gun he's got stashed in his pocket could be considered risky behavior"

FIFY.
Posted by: shibumi at April 01, 2017 02:22 PM (FkAXz)
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I just know Michael Bay is furiously scribbling notes.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:25 PM (PhYV5)

251 VA kept child molester on payroll, rehired a killer after he got out of prison

"A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital held a job open for its accountant while he served a prison term for killing a man, and also hired a convicted child molester and then kept him on the rolls as a health aide while he repeatedly reoffended, The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group has learned."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:25 PM (GgzGa)

252 Red tailed hawks love to eat voles and moles.
Posted by: navybrat

Difficult to keep as a domestic pet, though.

Seriously, one summer at Scout camp, the Nature Conservation staff got hold of a hawk chick that had been abandoned by its mother, and we kept it all summer in a YUGE outdoor hawk cage made out of chicken wire. Chicken wire does work for hawks, too.

Great to watch it "hunt" when we let some little mouse into the cage. Same thing as feeding the mice to constrictor snakes in their cages, like Black snakes and Hognose snakes.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at April 01, 2017 02:25 PM (S6Pax)

253 Emmie #223: Mindful, just want to say hello. I appreciate your greetings when you drop by on a thread.

Why, hello back, and thanks, Emmie. Appreciate that.

I think I may be closer to some of these folks in gray boxes than I am with any of my siblings.

Posted by: mindful webworker - virtual Moron at April 01, 2017 02:27 PM (cN1tG)

254 "A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital held a job open for its accountant while he served a prison term for killing a man..."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:25 PM (GgzGa)

Sounds like, "I get my job back, or I turn in all your embezzlement."

Posted by: Country Singer #HailState at April 01, 2017 02:27 PM (GUBah)

255 As a math instructor, I used to be blissfully insulated from political correctness baloney.

Then they updated the textbooks. Now the purpose of math is to help us calculate how bad to feel about global warming, AIDS, racism, or eating animal flesh.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:28 PM (xVuS6)

256 That professor had it right: you make students somewhat afraid of you because you put them on the spot and make them think about real-world problems in which they must make decisions and act for themselves. The explanation of the student/customer flip was good, too.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 01, 2017 02:28 PM (G8B7r)

257
Why, hello back, and thanks, Emmie. Appreciate that.

I think I may be closer to some of these folks in gray boxes than I am with any of my siblings.
Posted by: mindful webworker - virtual Moron at April 01, 2017 02:27 PM (cN1tG)

Well, your siblings are missing out.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:29 PM (xVuS6)

258 "Yeah, a couple of days ago, I found a good-size mole, dead, on the
lawn. Not sure if it was one of the cats or maybe the dog, since it
wasn't eaten."

I'm always leery of dead rodents around pets, as people throw around warfarin poisoned baits with such casual abandon.

"In any case, the cats are outnumbered. And they're all old. We may need a younger pet that likes to dig."

Never have had success with dogs actually getting moles or gophers. They just completely destroy everything in the process, having themselves a high old time.

You really do need the patient silent hunting cat, and to have it outdoors at all hours.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 01, 2017 02:30 PM (noWW6)

259 Late to the thread, but....that professor makes a point about something I nnoticed with the NYC list of recognized genders: much of it is based on what the person is wearing, such as "drag queen". Drag queen is not a gender - it's just like to sometimes dress up as and pretend to be a woman (ostentatiously) - it doesn't mean you're not still a man underneath the clothes. INSANITY!! Worse insanity that we are expected to take our cues from clothing for pronouns.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2017 02:30 PM (NOIQH)

260 The worst part of this sensitivity training is that it distracts from my natural inclination to treat people as individuals worthy of dignity.
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!Ding!Ding!Ding!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:30 PM (PhYV5)

261 Good afternoon, all..

So the coat of stain os down on the living room hardwood floor.

Not bad for a first effort, and using salvaged hardwood from another home in the process.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2017 02:32 PM (J+eG2)

262 Worse insanity that we are expected to take our cues from clothing for pronouns.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2017 02:30 PM (NOIQH)
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If that were the case, you would currently be addressing me as "Broheim" since I'm in "exercise gear" covered in pork rind dust.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:32 PM (PhYV5)

263 Or will South Carolina prevail, allowing me two more days of bad puns?

Posted by: logprof at April 01, 2017 01:32 PM (GsAUU)

Lady 'Cocks won last night, so you get at least one more day.

Posted by: BignJames at April 01, 2017 02:33 PM (x9c8r)

264 260
!Ding!Ding!Ding!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:30 PM (PhYV5)

Yep. Gotta cultivate fear and distrust in normal community relationships so the Totalitarian State can step in and fill the vacuum.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:34 PM (xVuS6)

265 I just whipped up a bean dip to accompany my pork cracklins.
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They would have you believe that every time I fart a chipmunk dies.
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Last weeks episode of The Expanse, Cascade - Ganymede station is doomed but doesn't know it yet.

Posted by: DaveA at April 01, 2017 02:34 PM (FhXTo)

266 All Hail Eris #237: Why has no one invented a crap-a-pult for catshit?

My immediate thought was, someone surely has.

SO, I ~~googled~~ goose-goose-ducked on "cat shit catapult" and got a remarkable number or returns.

First two results, both YouTube:

Poop Catapult
http://youtu.be/Sv34bye6xxI

Poop: I INVENTED A TURD CATAPULT
http://youtu.be/KyhUENxDl_o

Note: I did not follow either link.

Posted by: mindful webworker - pooflingers for sale at April 01, 2017 02:34 PM (cN1tG)

267 "Lady 'Cocks won last night"

Every current, and former West Coast Sailor's brain just took a hard right.

Into the gutter.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2017 02:35 PM (J+eG2)

268 >>Red tailed hawks love to eat voles and moles.

Owls, too. Got a ton of both at my place.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2017 02:35 PM (J43x4)

269 262 I'm in "exercise gear" covered in pork rind dust.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:32 PM (PhYV5)

I bet you're one of those ladies who looks good in anything.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:35 PM (xVuS6)

270 >>If that were the case, you would currently be addressing me as "Broheim" since I'm in "exercise gear" covered in pork rind dust.

Heh!

The thing w/the NYC list is that there are penalties if you use the wrong pronoun, so you're potentially at the mercy of some dude who decides to wear a dress on Tuesday - so you have to use female pronouns, and then khakis and a polo on Friday - so you have to use male pronouns. WTF? Who wants to play that game?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2017 02:37 PM (NOIQH)

271 They were claiming their diesels met smog limits using fraudulent testing.

IIRC they used the if tester connected run higher mileage SW?

Posted by: DaveA at April 01, 2017 02:38 PM (FhXTo)

272
Why has no one invented a crap-a-pult for catshit?

Because the crapzooka is easier to load and has a greater range

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at April 01, 2017 02:38 PM (lKyWE)

273 I bet you're one of those ladies who looks good in anything.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:35 PM (xVuS6)

An 'ette, ergo quod erat demonstrandum.

Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 02:38 PM (8nWyX)

274 Time for me to stop distracting myself with the Horde's pleasant company.

Off to the gym for my gainzzzz. I'm on the verge of being able to perform a modified push-up. Last time I could do that was 40 pounds ago.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:39 PM (xVuS6)

275 266 All Hail Eris #237: Why has no one invented a crap-a-pult for catshit?

My immediate thought was, someone surely has.

SO, I googled goose-goose-ducked on "cat shit catapult" and got a remarkable number or returns.

First two results, both YouTube:

Poop Catapult
http://youtu.be/Sv34bye6xxI

Poop: I INVENTED A TURD CATAPULT
http://youtu.be/KyhUENxDl_o

Note: I did not follow either link.
Posted by: mindful webworker - pooflingers for sale at April 01, 2017 02:34 PM (cN1tG)

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You seem wise. You're hired!

Posted by: Soona at April 01, 2017 02:39 PM (Fmupd)

276 I bet you're one of those ladies who looks good in anything.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:35 PM (xVuS6)
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Aww, that's sweet, especially coming from a 25-year-old former cheerleader and grav maga cage fighter.

Cuz that's the typical 'ette profile.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:39 PM (PhYV5)

277 The thing w/the NYC list is that there are penalties if you use the wrong pronoun, so you're potentially at the mercy of some dude who decides to wear a dress on Tuesday - so you have to use female pronouns, and then khakis and a polo on Friday - so you have to use male pronouns. WTF? Who wants to play that game?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2017 02:37 PM (NOIQH)

How does that fly with the basic right of Freedom of Speech?

How can you be penalized by the Government, because you don't use the 'approved' speech?

I know the constitution is so last Millenium... but come on...

Posted by: Don Q. at April 01, 2017 02:40 PM (NgKpN)

278 Me: SO, I goose-goose-ducked

Ugh. I meant duck-duck-go'd. Duck-duck-went? THAT doesn't sound right.

Whatever.

Posted by: mindful webworker - whateversearcch at April 01, 2017 02:40 PM (cN1tG)

279 255 As a math instructor, I used to be blissfully insulated from political correctness baloney.

Then they updated the textbooks. Now the purpose of math is to help us calculate how bad to feel about global warming, AIDS, racism, or eating animal flesh.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:28 PM (xVuS6)

I feel for you. My textbooks are almost 20 years old and on the rare occasion I use them, the students laugh about how many illustrations show people with crutches, wheelchairs, etc. It was from a time in which "ableism" was the enemy.

Just this week, I had to inform one of my students that Spanish doesn't have the s/he option; the default gender is masculine. She's very bright and picked up the idea because the US materials follow the California and Texas guidelines have to be "sex-neutral" but those from Spanish-speaking countries use their own grammar rules.

Speaking of which, this year I became aware of (or is that "woke to"?) the term LatinX. I don't know how it's supposed to be pronounced, but I like La Tinx because it sounds like a special sort of bladder infection.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 01, 2017 02:40 PM (G8B7r)

280 Aww, that's sweet, especially coming from a 25-year-old former cheerleader and grav maga cage fighter.

Cuz that's the typical 'ette profile.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:39 PM (PhYV5)

You're not too far off.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:41 PM (xVuS6)

281 Because the crapzooka is easier to load and has a greater range
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic

Are you saying ...
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The Crapzooka is ...
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Fart and forget?
8 |

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:42 PM (GgzGa)

282 The Duties of the Day beckon... and I must follow...

I'm gonna miss the pet thread again, I'm afraid...

Posted by: mindful webworker - egressing at April 01, 2017 02:43 PM (cN1tG)

283 shooting heroin while driving cross country

Cross country blackout driving IS an adventure.

Posted by: DaveA at April 01, 2017 02:44 PM (FhXTo)

284 Under Armour is an auburn cult product

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at April 01, 2017 02:45 PM (7dpmG)

285 you wonder why experts aren't being venerated like they'd like to be.

Posted by: DaveM at April 01, 2017 02:45 PM (FNtbC)

286 Actually, you could say I was a former model, because I have been featured in a jeans ad. Apparently my butt was considered photogenic. Fortunately, they did not have to crop out my face.

Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:45 PM (xVuS6)

287 i have tons of voles.
never had them at the last place.

Posted by: concrete girl at April 01, 2017 02:48 PM (gihfI)

288 https://tinyurl.com/Russia-Trolls-U-S

Russia is now cool, and we're dicks. ::sigh::

Posted by: DFCtomm at April 01, 2017 02:48 PM (jmnb9)

289 276 I bet you're one of those ladies who looks good in anything.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:35 PM (xVuS6)
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Aww, that's sweet, especially coming from a 25-year-old former cheerleader and grav maga cage fighter.

Cuz that's the typical 'ette profile.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:39 PM (PhYV5)

You mean there are criteria?!?!? *hastily pads resume and sets aside swimsuit picture for photo-shopping*

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 01, 2017 02:51 PM (G8B7r)

290 pet thread up

Posted by: hogmartin at April 01, 2017 02:54 PM (8nWyX)

291 Lady 'Cocks won last night, so you get at least one more day.
Posted by: BignJames at April 01, 2017 02:33 PM (x9c8r)

Yeah, but they're going down tomorrow.

Posted by: Country Singer #HailState at April 01, 2017 02:55 PM (GUBah)

292 Posted by: mindful webworker - pooflingers for sale at April 01, 2017 02:34 PM (cN1tG)
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You were right not to click on your own links.

I'll hazard that beer (definitely) and hallucinogens (high probability) were ingested.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 02:56 PM (PhYV5)

293 @ARnews1936 59s

Explosion at the carnival of Villepinte: 19 wounded including the mayor, 5 people in "absolute emergency"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 03:11 PM (GgzGa)

294 I'm going to self-ID as Supreme Emperor Of The World.

Then I can put a stop to all this stupidity.

Posted by: Meremortal, with mirth metal. at April 01, 2017 03:17 PM (3myMJ)

295 EPIPEN warning:

"The notice issued Friday by Mylan N.V. expands upon warnings made earlier this month after two reports of the device failing."

Their website:
"Mylan Provides Update on Meridian Medical Technologies', a Pfizer Company, Expanded Voluntary Worldwide Recall of EpiPen Auto-Injector"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 03:19 PM (GgzGa)

296 NOOD.

Posted by: tbodie at April 01, 2017 03:27 PM (8mOxN)

297 You do have a point there. Many companies now have the SJW's screening for fellow travelers. Still, last couple times I looked for jobs I left out anything but relevant skills/experience and it seemed to work so next time I will not be putting my commitment to tutoring Muslim tranny kids on my resume.
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 02:01 PM (1BQGO)

I mentioned before, and I hope is not amiss to mention again, my experience with a local juco for which I was considering teaching a bit in my dotage.

That is, until I got the job description and application, the latter of which required an essay on what I'd done to support the LGBTQ community. WTF? I was proposing to teach chemistry, not be a counselor. So ... fug 'But this is how they do you. They include mandatory SJW crap, knowing it's like kryptonite to conservatives.

Then they can bleat that they constitute a political monoculture because no conservatives apply.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 03:29 PM (SRKgf)

298 NOOD.
Posted by: tbodie

NOOPE.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 03:33 PM (GgzGa)

299 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 01, 2017 03:29 PM (SRKgf)

I assume being a connoisseur of busty lesbian porn gets no points?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 01, 2017 03:39 PM (PhYV5)

300 "That is, until I got the job description and
application, the latter of which required an essay on what I'd done to
support the LGBTQ community. WTF? I was proposing to teach chemistry,
not be a counselor.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevar"

Are you ex-military? You could have wrote something about fighting/killing Muslim radicals. Or communism to secure their freedom. That would have gone over well.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2017 03:39 PM (1BQGO)

301 http://bit.ly/2nuIwwg
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Posted by: EVLINC! at April 01, 2017 04:29 PM (y3aQB)

302 April Finally Gives Birth, and the baby is adorable!

Sad that someone, I say, someone, still doesn't understand mouse_hover.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 04:36 PM (GgzGa)

303 * rakes jail bars with tin cup *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 04:40 PM (GgzGa)

304 No baby giraffe yet

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2017 04:47 PM (GPaiX)

305 Actually, you could say I was a former model,
because I have been featured in a jeans ad. Apparently my butt was
considered photogenic.
Posted by: Emmie at April 01, 2017 02:45 PM

Cut. Jib. Newsletter?

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at April 01, 2017 05:05 PM (DMUuz)

306 Because the crapzooka is easier to load and has a greater range
Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic

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Are you saying ...

: |

The Crapzooka is ...

: | 8

Fart and forget?

8 |

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2017 02:42 PMI would be interested in learning more about this new technology, since it appears germane to Presidential Candidate Debates.Asking for a friend.

Posted by: H. Rodham at April 01, 2017 05:26 PM (DMUuz)

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